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162 reviews
The Girls I've Been by Tess Sharpe
dark
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual assault
Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Dust by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
challenging
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.5
This book really wore down my patience; by the end I was just skim reading. It's really not my kind of book to begin with, and I wouldn't have read it if it weren't for my uni course, but the style of writing really didn't help. Hard to follow what's actually going on to the point that I just got bored, though there were glimmers here and there - though all much closer to the beginning of the book than the end, or even middle - where I got into it for a moment. It just felt more and more aimless the further I read, and hey, maybe that's the point, but I just didn't get anything from it other than boredom.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Colonisation and War
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness and Suicide
Minor: Racism and Colonisation
Splatoon, Vol. 1 by Sankichi Hinodeya
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Expected a cute and fun time, and that's exactly what I got! A solid first volume.
Britain's Birds: A Treasury of Fact, Fiction and Folklore by Jo Woolf
informative
relaxing
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
funny
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Racism
Minor: Colonisation